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Arthur Figgis wrote:

On 24/11/2010 08:21, Graeme wrote:
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wrote:

On Nov 23, 10:40 pm, Arthur
wrote:
On 23/11/2010 09:04, Chris Tolley wrote:

MIG wrote:

The newsreaders just keep on dumbly reading it out every half hour.
You'd think that the London travel newsroom would have some vague
idea about transport in London.

Would you? Why? Do you think it is a requirement for people who mention
London in the things they read out to be Londoners?

Could be interesting for the shipping forecast...

I'd expect whoever organises the shipping forecast to know something
about shipping and weather,

As far as the broadcast is concerned you don't have to know about either.
It is a set formula that hasn't been changed in 70 years or more.[1] The
hard bit is actually reading it! The organisation is done by the Met
Office. By analogy it is not unreasonable for the BBC to expect whover
supplies the rail information to apply the same dilligence to their
reports.

[1] Apart from adding a couple more sea areas about 30 years ago.


There was Finisterre becoming FitzRoy.

Without googling, who, or what, was Fitzroy?


Don't people who actually need it (rather than just like listening to
it) get it via a kind of on-ship fax gadget these days?


The big ships get it all via satellite, the service is now aimed at smaller
craft, mainly small merchant ships, pleasure craft and fishing boats.


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Graeme Wall

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"Graeme" wrote in message
...

There was Finisterre becoming FitzRoy.

Without googling, who, or what, was Fitzroy?

Vice Admiral Fitzroy - a pioneer of weather forecasting...

I have the book 'Attention All Shipping'...

Paul S

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"Paul Scott" wrote:

"Graeme" wrote in message
...

There was Finisterre becoming FitzRoy.

Without googling, who, or what, was Fitzroy?

Vice Admiral Fitzroy - a pioneer of weather forecasting...

I have the book 'Attention All Shipping'...


And commander of the HMS Beagle with one Charles Darwin on board.

I have the book 'Fitzroy'...

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Paul Scott wrote:

"Graeme" wrote in message
...

There was Finisterre becoming FitzRoy.

Without googling, who, or what, was Fitzroy?

Vice Admiral Fitzroy - a pioneer of weather forecasting...


And, of course, Finisterre was the man who used to dance with Ginger
Rogers.

I'll get my top hat, tie up my white tie, and brush off my tails...

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Paul Ingerson wrote:


Paul Scott wrote:

"Graeme" wrote in message
...

There was Finisterre becoming FitzRoy.

Without googling, who, or what, was Fitzroy?

Vice Admiral Fitzroy - a pioneer of weather forecasting...


And, of course, Finisterre was the man who used to dance with Ginger
Rogers.

I'll get my top hat, tie up my white tie, and brush off my tails...

Well, that went down a storm!

--
Graeme Wall

This address not read, substitute trains for rail
Transport Miscellany at www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail
Photo galleries at http://graeme-wall.fotopic.net/

On 24/11/2010 20:06, Graeme wrote:
In message1aednUdiPe99wnDRnZ2dnUVZ8qGdnZ2d@brightvie w.co.uk
Arthur wrote:

On 24/11/2010 08:21, Graeme wrote:
In
wrote:

On Nov 23, 10:40 pm, Arthur
wrote:
On 23/11/2010 09:04, Chris Tolley wrote:

MIG wrote:

The newsreaders just keep on dumbly reading it out every half hour.
You'd think that the London travel newsroom would have some vague
idea about transport in London.

Would you? Why? Do you think it is a requirement for people who mention
London in the things they read out to be Londoners?

Could be interesting for the shipping forecast...

I'd expect whoever organises the shipping forecast to know something
about shipping and weather,

As far as the broadcast is concerned you don't have to know about either.
It is a set formula that hasn't been changed in 70 years or more.[1] The
hard bit is actually reading it! The organisation is done by the Met
Office. By analogy it is not unreasonable for the BBC to expect whover
supplies the rail information to apply the same dilligence to their
reports.

[1] Apart from adding a couple more sea areas about 30 years ago.


There was Finisterre becoming FitzRoy.

Without googling, who, or what, was Fitzroy?

Captain of HMS Beagle of Darwin fame, Met Office bigwig, eventually
topped himself. But without Googling, I couldn't say exactly what he did
at the Met Office - founded it, maybe? Perhaps most importantly, he
doesn't share a name with a Spanish sea area.

Of course the achievements of Mr C Lightvessel-Automatic are now largely
forgotten...

--
Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK

On Wed, 24 Nov 2010, Arthur Figgis wrote:

On 24/11/2010 20:06, Graeme wrote:
In message1aednUdiPe99wnDRnZ2dnUVZ8qGdnZ2d@brightvie w.co.uk
Arthur wrote:

There was Finisterre becoming FitzRoy.

Without googling, who, or what, was Fitzroy?

Captain of HMS Beagle of Darwin fame, Met Office bigwig, eventually
topped himself. But without Googling, I couldn't say exactly what he did
at the Met Office - founded it, maybe? Perhaps most importantly, he
doesn't share a name with a Spanish sea area.

Of course the achievements of Mr C Lightvessel-Automatic are now largely
forgotten...

!

tom

--
I think it would be a good idea -- Mohandas Gandhi, on Western
civilisation

In uk.transport.london message Xq2dnVvfFN-DHXDRnZ2dnUVZ8v2dnZ2d@brightv
iew.co.uk, Wed, 24 Nov 2010 21:14:10, Arthur Figgis
posted:

Without googling, who, or what, was Fitzroy?

Captain of HMS Beagle of Darwin fame, Met Office bigwig, eventually
topped himself. But without Googling, I couldn't say exactly what he
did at the Met Office - founded it, maybe?

You could Wikipede "Captain FitzRoy".

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Website http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/ - w. FAQish topics, links, acronyms
PAS EXE etc. : http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/programs/ - see in 00index.htm
Dates - miscdate.htm estrdate.htm js-dates.htm pas-time.htm critdate.htm etc.

On 25/11/2010 18:38, Dr J R Stockton wrote:
In uk.transport.london messageXq2dnVvfFN-DHXDRnZ2dnUVZ8v2dnZ2d@brightv
iew.co.uk, Wed, 24 Nov 2010 21:14:10, Arthur Figgis
posted:

Without googling, who, or what, was Fitzroy?

Captain of HMS Beagle of Darwin fame, Met Office bigwig, eventually
topped himself. But without Googling, I couldn't say exactly what he
did at the Met Office - founded it, maybe?

You could Wikipede "Captain FitzRoy".

Aha - so he was a member of a popular beat combo, and is mentioned in
three episodes of The Simpsons (though one was apparently edited out of
the Serbo-Croat broadcasts). And there is a major controversy about how
to spell his name in Klingon.

--
Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK

On Thu, 25 Nov 2010, Arthur Figgis wrote:

On 25/11/2010 18:38, Dr J R Stockton wrote:
In uk.transport.london messageXq2dnVvfFN-DHXDRnZ2dnUVZ8v2dnZ2d@brightv
iew.co.uk, Wed, 24 Nov 2010 21:14:10, Arthur Figgis
posted:

Without googling, who, or what, was Fitzroy?

Captain of HMS Beagle of Darwin fame, Met Office bigwig, eventually
topped himself. But without Googling, I couldn't say exactly what he
did at the Met Office - founded it, maybe?

You could Wikipede "Captain FitzRoy".

Aha - so he was a member of a popular beat combo, and is mentioned in
three episodes of The Simpsons (though one was apparently edited out of
the Serbo-Croat broadcasts). And there is a major controversy about how
to spell his name in Klingon.

I fear you have been the victim of vandalism. He is in fact a Pokemon.
Water type.

tom

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Virtually everything you touch has been mined. -- Prof Keith Atkinson